Fort Edward (Nova Scotia)

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Fort Edward

Established	1750
Location	Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
Type	National Historic Site
Website	Fort Edward National Historic Site
National Historic Site of Canada
Official name	Fort Edward National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	1920

44°59′47″N 64°08′07″W / 44.996397°N 64.1354°W / 44.996397; -64.1354 Fort Edward is a National Historic Site of Canada in Windsor, Nova Scotia, (formerly known as Pisiguit) and was built during Father Le Loutre's War (1749-1755).^[1] The British built the fort to help prevent the Acadian Exodus from the region.^[2] The Fort is most famous for the role it played both in the Expulsion of the Acadians (1755) and in protecting Halifax, Nova Scotia from a land assault in the American Revolution. While much of Fort Edward has been destroyed, including the officers' quarters (which burned down in 1922) and barracks, the blockhouse that remains is the oldest extant in North America.^[3] A cairn was later added to the site.